| May 31st, 2nd Update by Tangent |
Will Quake II v3.16 Fix Our Problems?
Zoid updated his .plan talking about changes he will make to v3.16 which should be out tommorrow. Unfortunately, he didn't mention anything about cl_minfps or the velocity bug. Does that mean it won't be fixed? Well, we can only hope and pray until the v3.16 release, or it looks like we have to prepare yet another petition email.
Quake II Demos
Quake II demos submission has been pretty slow, understandably, due to the current uncertainty of Quake II speed running with these v3.15 problems. Didn't stop Black Out from making a few demos though:
- Hard bunk1a in 0:25.5, 2.0 seconds faster than Optic's previous record
- Easy jail2b in 0:45.1, 0.4 seconds faster than Optic's previous record
- Hard jail2b in 0:45.5, 0.2 seconds faster than Optic's previous record
- Easy fact2 in 1:11.3, 6.1 seconds faster than his own previous record
- Hard fact2 in 1:16.5, 1.9 seconds faster than his own previous record
Comments
Well, I had to do this quickie update before I leave on a short trip at some resort in Malaysia. I'll be back on Thursday night, expecting about 200+ emails and news about the Quake II v3.16, my TF clan's crucial matches... Can't imagine going 4 days without Internet access...
More from Ilkka
He improved two runs on easy by using totaly new methods...
- e3m1 in 0:28,
by getting help from a grunt... 11 seconds fater than the old way.
- e3m3 in 0:34,
by using the ogre in the beginning for some help... 10 seconds faster than the old way.
And he did other small improvements:
- e1m1 on easy in 0:26.
- e1m1 on nightmare in 0:28,
yet another one second improvement to e1m1. [will it ever stop!?]
- e1m2 on nightmare in 0:35,
one second better than Gunnar.
- 100% of e1m4 on easy in 1:24,
four seconds better than Optic.
- 100% of e1m5 on easy in 1:09,
one second better than Optic.
- 100% of e1m6 on easy in 0:55,
also one second better than Optic.
- e1m7 on easy in 0:17,
one second better than Gunnar's demo.
- e1m7 on nightmare in 0:34,
two seconds better than his last demo.
- e1m8 on easy in 0:34,
a one second improvment.
- e3m1 coop with Juho, on easy in 0:25,
one second better than the pair's last demo.
- e4m2 coop on easy in 0:34,
one second better than the previous demo.
- e4m2 on easy in 0:41,
one second better than his previous demo.
- e4m2 on nightmare in 0:42,
two seconds better than Optic.
- e4m4 on easy in 0:25,
one second better Optic.
- e4m4 on nightmare in 0:26,
also one second better than Optic.
- e4m6 on easy in 1:14,
one second better than Optic.
Optic's demos
Optic did these custom level demos:
- Armor of God on easy in 0:31.
- The Bastardry on nightmare in 0:24.
- EvilDead cabin on nightmare in 1:08
- EvilWorld 1 in 0:39
on easy and 0:40
on nightmare.
- Retinal Tear on nightmare in 1:01.
- The Soul Grinder on easy in 1:14.
Demos from others...
Evan Wagner improved Tangent's QdQlite run of e1m3 by one second to get a quite
amazing demo, with a time of 0:37.
Will Marsh got 0:33
on a nightmare run of e4m1, a one second improvement.
Carl Tholin did ikspq1 on nightmare in 1:20,
two seconds better than Jesse.
Peter Horvath got 0:10
on a nightmare run of e1m6.
Mr. Shambler did The Comm Center on nightmare in 1:13,
24 seconds better than Carl.
Quake 2 ver 3.15 Released
You can find the download sites from your favourite Quake news sites. But we do not recommend that you install ver 3.15 yet if you intend to be speed running. We will not be accepting any speedruns submitted which were recorded in ver 3.15. Apparently, the cl_minfps cvar has been removed. Without this cvar, clients can cheat and go faster than the normal maximum speed if their fps is lower than 10. We have emailed Zoid about this and we hope to see a fix as soon as possible.
Apart from this cl_minfps problem, the rest of the changes to Q2 ver 3.15 are great. The game physics has changed, allowing for more air control and ramp-jumps. And it looks like bunny-hopping no longer gives you an extra speed boost. Serverrecord now works properly (which help refilming a lot), and of course, there's viewable weapons support built in.
We will start accepting v3.15+ demos when the cl_minfps returns (or the low fps velocity bug is fixed), and when Nolan has updated q2timer to support v3.15. We are currently still discussing about what we should do with the v3.14 demos after we accept v3.15+ demos. Watch this page for more news and information as they come.
NederSPEED
Finally, the neccessary HTML been written, and the SDA-NS merge has been completed.
All demos that have been posted to my speedrun-site NederSPEED (for those of you who don't know:
a site for custom level-runs)
are now available from the all-new custom-level section here at SDA, of which the Quake tables now include
39 new demos on 30 new maps. The Custom Quake II levels section is still a little quiet, but that will change without a
doubt. Better free up some HD-space!
Let's have it then. Here they are:
Evan Wagner did most new runs, 17 in total.
He did four levels of the Zerstörer-episode:
He also did one Quake II custom-level:
Of course, Optic's demos are numerous too, 11 to be precise:
Optic did a Quake II custom-level too:
Rikkert Wiggerink did some demos too:
Gunnar enters with two runs:
Erik Koningen (aka OR3.Ethereal) did two runs:
Finally, I did five runs, mostly on nightmare:
Comments
As you might have noticed, all former-NS-demos are now measured in whole seconds; the hundreths-of-seconds-measurement
has been abandoned. We have talked this over with a great deal of people, and this is our final decision.
To make things more easy, we've slightly adjusted the SDA-menu structure: to get to the custom level tables, select
"Quake", then "Runs", and then "Other Episodes". Now let's hope nobody gets the crazy idea to do a 3P-Cooperative-100%-Custom-level-demo...
Before I conclude my first update I'd like to thank the SDA crew for hooking me up in the their team (thereby solving
my web-space problems for the growing heap of NS-demos). Another shout goes out to Evan Wagner, who has helped me a lot
with the maintenance of NederSPEED.
PlanetQuake Puts The Spotlight on SDA
Speed Demos Archive has been spotlighted on PlanetQuake Spotlight! Go there to check out the l33t interview of us!
New Quake II Demos
Black Out probably has not been sleeping:
- The entire easy run of base in 1:49.1
- The entire easy run of warehouse in 2:39.1
- Hard bunk1b in 0:26.5, 0.1 seconds improvement over his own previous record
- Hard jail3d in 0:20.5, 0.3 seconds improvement over Optic's previous record
- Hard jail5 in 1:07.0
- Easy mine2 in 0:39.2, 0.4 seconds improvement over Brian's previous record
- Hard mine2 in 0:39.3
- Easy fact2 in 1:17.4, 13.0 seconds improvement over Brian's previous record. Brian sent a run of his own in the exact same time, but I received Black Out's first
- Hard fact2 in 1:18.4
Newcomer EutecTic made 1 demo to fill up an empty space:
Optic sent in 1 demo after a long absence:
- Easy jail5 in 1:01.2, 6.8 seconds improvement over Brian's previous record
Demos from Ilkka
Ilkka has gone mad! :)
- He improved Jan's easy 100% of e1m1 by six seconds to get 1:01.
- He improved Gunnar's easy run of e1m2 by one second to get 0:33.
- He improved Lars' nightmare run of e1m7 by one second to get 0:36.
- He improved Stefan's easy 100% of e1m2 by four seconds to get 0:55.
- He improved his own easy 100% of e2m1 by nine seconds to get 1:22.
- He improved his own easy run of e4m1 by one second to get 0:25.
- He improved Optic's easy 100% of e4m1 by seven seconds to get 1:06.
- He improved Stefan's easy run of e4m2 by one second to get 0:42.
- He ran e4m5 in 0:13 seconds on both easy
and nightmare.
- He improved Evan's easy run of e4m8 by three seconds to get 0:51.
That's not all from Ilkka, he also did these coop demos with Juho Larvi:
- An easy run of e1m1 in 0:24,
one second better than Attila and Peter.
- An easy run of e1m2 in 0:32,
two seconds better than Attila and Peter.
- An easy run of e1m4 in 0:25,
ten seconds better than Attila and Peter.
- A nightmare run of e1m4 in 0:27,
also ten seconds better than Attila and Peter.
- An easy run of e1m5 in 0:17,
two seconds better than Attila and Peter.
- Runs of e4m5 in :12 (!) on both easy
and nightmare.
He also did this coop demo with Juho-Jussi Revall:
- An easy run of e4m2 in 0:35.
Other Quake demos
Carl Tholin did all custom maps:
- He did an easy run of The Comm Center in 1:02.
- He improved Mr. Shambler's nightmare run of The Comm Center by two seconds
to get 1:37.
- He did an easy run of The Elektra Complex in 0:16.
- He improved Mr. Shambler's nightmare run of The Elektra Complex by two
seconds to get 0:20.
- He improved his own easy run of The Bastardry by one second to get 0:23.
Optic did these two demos:
- A nightmare run of e2m3 in 1:14,
fourteen seconds better than Matthias' previous demo.
- An easy run of h2m2 in 0:43,
two seconds better than Evan's demo.
Mr. Shambler did nightmare runs on two more user maps:
Rikkert Wiggerink improved the runs on Missile Bunker Bravo 7:
New Quake II Demos
Black Out's demos:
- Easy ware1 in 1:37.9, 3.3 seconds improvement over his own previous record
- Easy bunk1b in 0:26.3, 0.2 seconds improvement over Optic's previous record
- Hard bunk1b in 0:26.6, 0.2 seconds improvement over Optic's previous record
- Easy waste1b in 0:15.1, 0.2 seconds improvement over his own previous record
Newcomer Brian Collins filled in some black spaces:
Col Korn's demos:
- Easy jail1 in 0:32.9, 1.6 seconds improvement over his own previous record
- Hard jail1 in 0:33.1, 1.4 seconds improvement over his own previous record
DEMentED II Updated
Currently the only Quake II demo editor available, DEMentED II has been updated to ver 0.950
Comments
From Optic: (text included with a run of e2m3)
YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!! i stayed up too late trying this map..... argh this map is
a bitch-whore-slut (insert your own words)....... etc..... blah me go bed.....
Me too tired....... good night...... sleep tight........im dreaming of beating
Gunnar in a chess match....... because i suck at chess....... i need that 3.15
patch so i can make some q2 demos....... where in the hell is this patch?
i should go buy Unreal tommorow...... i heard it rulez..... but i have no money...
Ajare u rich bastard lend me some money god damnit......... argh.........
And hmmmmmm Gerald whens this qd100qlite gonna be out....... u said 1 month and
it better be out in a month...... i need SDS too........ i need something new
and fresh damnit....... and Evan dont even think about beating any more of my
times....... or i will mock u...... and Nolan u better stop watching those Sci-Fi
shows...... or else...... hot damn its time for bed...... phear me.......
Someone get out the tranquilisers please.
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